Talbot Express MOT Pass Rate

The Talbot Express has an MOT pass rate of 65.8%, compared with a UK average of 79.1%, based on 1,109 DVSA MOT tests from 2004 to March 2026. It ranks 386th of 386 cars we track by pass rate.

The most common MOT problem area on the Talbot Express is brakes, at 24.1% of all defects and advisories recorded.

Data: DVSA MOT test results, 2004 to March 2026. Last updated 3 September 2026.

Talbot Express MOT pass rate: 65.8%
UK average pass rate: 79.1%
MOT tests analysed: 1,109

Ranked 386 of 386 models by MOT pass rate (1 is the highest).

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What the Talbot Express fails on

Every defect and advisory recorded at MOT, grouped by area. Includes advisories as well as failure items.

Talbot Express: MOT defects and advisories by area, 2004 to March 2026
Area	Share of all items	Items per 100 tests	Items recorded
Brakes	24.1%	93.2	1,034
Lights and signalling	22.3%	86	954
Suspension	12.4%	48	532
Corrosion	8.1%	31.2	346
Other items	7.7%	29.8	331
Exhaust and emissions	6.2%	23.9	265
Tyres	5.3%	20.4	226
Windscreen and wipers	3.4%	13.2	146
Fuel system	3.4%	13.1	145
Bodywork	2.8%	10.8	120
Electrical	1.9%	7.4	82
Steering	1.3%	5.1	57
Structure	0.7%	2.6	29
Drivetrain	0.4%	1.4	16

Fail rate by mileage

How the Talbot Express holds up as the miles build, using the odometer reading at each test.

Talbot Express: MOT fail rate by mileage at test
Mileage at test	Express fail rate	UK fail rate	Tests
Under 40,000 miles	23.8%	13.1%	126
40,000 to 79,999 miles	34.9%	21.7%	694
80,000 to 119,999 miles	35%	28.3%	260
120,000 miles or more	51.9%	31.4%	27

Which years to avoid

Fail rate by year first registered, next to the UK fail rate for all cars registered that year. Older cars fail more often whatever the model, so compare each year with its own UK figure.

Talbot Express: MOT fail rate by year first registered
Year	Express fail rate	UK fail rate, same year	Tests
1989	38.8%	25.3%	160
1990	31.9%	25.4%	116
1992	35.3%	26.8%	346
1993	33%	27.5%	230
1994	31.8%	26.6%	107

Years with fewer than 50 tests, and cars too new to have reached their first MOT, are left out.

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Is the Talbot Express reliable?

On MOT results the Talbot Express is worse than average: it passes 65.8% of tests against a UK average of 79.1%, ranking 386th of 386 cars we track. Allowing for the age of the cars tested, its fail rate of 34.2% is 7.8 percentage points higher than the 26.4% you would expect from the average car of the same registration years. A pass rate is one useful signal of how well a model holds up, but it does not capture breakdowns between tests, repair costs or how an individual car has been looked after, so always check the history of the specific car.

What does the Talbot Express usually fail its MOT on?

Across 1,109 MOT tests, the areas most often flagged on the Talbot Express were brakes (24.1%), lights and signalling (22.3%) and suspension (12.4%), shown as a share of all defects and advisories recorded. These counts include advisories as well as failure items, so they show where problems tend to appear rather than only what caused a fail.

How does the Talbot Express compare with the national average?

The Talbot Express passes 65.8% of MOT tests, 13.3 percentage points below the UK average of 79.1% across all 6,681,613 tests in the data. That places it 386th of 386 cars with at least 1,000 tests, where 1st has the highest pass rate.

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